I'm not so sure if "pre diabetic " exists because if I ate a normal diet I would be on meds. I stick to a low carb/low GI diet and have learnt (mostly) what spikes me. I can only eat a tiy bit of suspect things within a meal. If I eat 1/2 an apple between meals it will spike me.

While the carbs in beer/cider etc.. may tend to raise the BG, the alcohol may have an overall lowering effect.. possibly by keeping the Liver occupied.

Dry suggests to me less sugar so that is the way to go and you may also find that a glass with a meal has less effect than on it's own.

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Juts in case anyone is wondering... "cider" in the UK is fermented apple-juice -- ranging from a mildly pleasant sweet drink, to downright evil concoctions straight from the farmer... "scrumpy"..!

Over this side of the pond, "apple cider" is just fresh squeezed apple juice... without the kick! Some folks even simmer it in a saucepan... with cinnamon sticks and lawd-knows what all else floating about in it!

Now your apple cider would spike- I can't do fruit juice!! I certainly wouldn't drink a sweet cider. My BG is now 5.2 (93.6) so the alcohol has had a lowering effect. The problem is that tomorrow morning(it is evening now) my BG will be higher than when I go to bed from dawn phenomenum. Sometimes I wonder if insulin resistance is more my problem.

Do you not have the nutrition information on the side of the container that is required in all Canadian foods? I would just look at the chart, see how much sugar is in the amount used as a base, and decide how much I can have. I think what you Americans call cider is apple juice in Canada, cider being a alcoholic product. Still it is easy to see how much sugar and other carbs you are getting, remember that it is high GI, and act accordingly. And 7 ninety minutes after a meal is pretty good.

Yep - I hate proper cider i.e. strongbow ever since I threw up as a kid drinking it and have always remembered the taste. I bought this because it was fruit flavoured . tastes of blackcurrant. \I also have an elderberry and lime flavour one to dry. Anyway Strongbow is too sweet if I remember. This was dry and 4.5% alcohol whereas wine is about 14%.

Sometimes you can get the nutrional facts on line for alcohol. I occasionnally will have a bottle of Canadian 67 beer. It has only 2 carbs per bottle and no sugars. It doesn't affect me. Other beers range from 10 to 15 carbs per bottle. It is a nice treat when we are camping.